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Treaties and Boundaries Project

The role of this internship is to assist in reaching the SSHRC goal for the Dreamcatcher system of capturing cultural data, traditional ecological knowledge, and traditional land use, creating as full a historical, cultural, and economic record as possible, as well as strong land use management/consultation, water and asset management, and public health systems. This information will inform cultural research, treaty negotiations, and community development. This goal will be reached by the intern: 1) developing resolute mapping in shape file format to aid in the research and display of Aboriginal cultural heritage and landscapes, 2) translating land claims, treaty and traditional territory mapping documentation into resolute Shapefiles using GIS, uploading resulting files to Dreamcatcher to help document and preserve materials and information of cultural and historic value for the MNCFN, and 3) adding attribute information to the resulting spatial features, such as boundary assumptions, sources and disputes, and significant related cultural information

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Faculty Supervisor:

Donald Cowan

Student:

Richard Buchan

Partner:

8392692 Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Urban studies

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Eutrophication Risk Assessment and Adaptive Management Implementation in Lake Simcoe: Integration of the Watershed Processes with the Receiving Waterbody Year Two

Environmental modelling has been an indispensable tool of the Lake Simcoe restoration efforts. The proposed research aims to develop an integrated watershed-receiving waterbody modelling network that will provide a realistic platform for the evaluation of a variety of land-use management and climatic scenarios. The novel feature of the project is the application of cutting-edge Bayesian techniques that have several advantages highly relevant to the conservation practices of Lake Simcoe, such as the support of management decisions by probabilistically assessing the confidence of compliance with different water quality standards; the optimization of the value of information gained from the local water quality monitoring programs; the transfer of information in space which allows the effective modelling of sites with limited information; the alignment with the policy practice of adaptive management implementation, and the ability to sequentially update all the existing models and therefore serve as a long-term management tool for the system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Arhonditsis

Student:

Alexey Neumann (Gudimov)

Partner:

AEML Associates Ltd.

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Aviation engine testing cell training simulator

This project aims to develop an aviation engine testing cell training simulator to facilitate training novice operators. The final product will be an engine test simulator that closely resembles the existing display console used by General Electric (GE), except that simulation models of various engines are used instead of the actual engine. Novice operators will be trained with the simulator and their performances will be quantified. The project also establishes necessary and sufficient conditions for evaluating the effectiveness of the training simulator for aviation engine testing. The development of the ‘Aviation Engine Test Cell Training Simulator’ will benefit GE by providing increased and varied training opportunities for operators at modest cost; risk reduction during actual engine testing; and better operator preparation for a range of different operating requirements from non-standard, critical responses to precautionary and emergency scenarios.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nariman Sepehri

Student:

Harjot Singh Chawla

Partner:

West Canitest R & D Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

The Autism Family Navigator

Autism is a growing public health challenge in Canada and internationally. Despite major scientific advances in autism research and improvements in practice, families still experience serious delays and complications in diagnosis and access to care. Moreover, community capacity, e.g., treatment and support programs, remains very limited relative to the needs of those affected. In turn, this situation increases the burden of suffering on families and ultimately the long-term costs to health systems and society. It takes a whole community to improve this situation: Our partnership among researchers, families, health systems, and industry can provide effective solutions to address these grand challenges. We are working together to develop The Autism Family Navigator program. A navigator is a person, working within a care team who support families affected by autism in making difficult and time-sensitive decisions and work with them to identify and remove barriers they experience in accessing community services. By exposing the true burden on families, the systems supporting them, and their community, our long-term hope is to transform health systems and policy through such community-based solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mayada Elsabbagh

Student:

Tal Savion-Lemieux

Partner:

Clinique de Consultation Intervention et Formation en Autisme

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Educational Math Games For Developing Countries

Hundreds of millions of children in developing countries are unable to complete primary education. Mobile devices such as tablets are increasingly inexpensive and becoming accessible in large numbers in such developing countries. We propose developing educational software for such tablets to help children acquire arithmetic skills. To do this, we will develop new ways of gamifying math operations, to apply the principle that says that the gameplay in educational games should have users perform the very skill that they are meant to develop. To do this, we propose breaking down math operations into small steps, each of which can be performed with gestures or with textual input, with appropriate feedback at each step to guide or confirm the user’s actions. We will design and prototype such gamifications in software for mobile devices and evaluate them with primary school students. Beyond this initial project, in the future, we hope to pursue field evaluations with students in India.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael McGuffin

Student:

Etienne Phelip

Partner:

Datawind

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Winter ecology and movements of declining songbird species in Manitoba

Migratory birds are in a conservation crisis, with accelerating population declines documented Canada-wide. It is a federal responsibility to protect migratory birds; however, a major gap in the ability to mitigate threats to these species is a lack of knowledge of their year-round movements. By using new tracking technology, our project will quantify movements and migrations of declining songbirds and fill knowledge gaps critical for informing conservation activities. Bird Studies Canada (BSC)’s mission is to engage citizens in understanding and conservation of birds. Our project will provide research and outreach tools such as migration maps, habitat assessments, and bioclimatic models, to accomplish this mission. We will improve research capacity for BSC by expanding the scope of their programs in Manitoba, and initiating new, long-term research sites and telemetry stations for tracking migratory birds. This research will inform and improve conservation efforts by BSC and other stakeholders, e.g., government agencies and industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Oliver Love

Student:

Emily McKinnon

Partner:

Bird Studies Canada

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Enhancing Prosthetic Socket Performance

For people with lower limb amputations, the interface between the amputated limb and a prosthetic socket is very important. Suspension, or how the socket is held on the limb, is one factor that affects a person’s ability to walk efficiently and safely, movement confidence, limb health, and quality of life. This project will assess, evaluate, and identify area for improvement for new state-of-the-art elevated vacuum suspension systems that could improve functional aspects of socket suspension and also help control limb volume changes that adversely affect socket fit. In addition to mechanical testing, the CAREN-Extended virtual reality system will be used to test prosthetic performance across a range of simulated walking scenarios. The project outcomes will be used by an industry leader in the prosthetics field to create components that can improve the lives of people with lower limb amputations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ed Lemaire

Student:

Hossein Gholizadeh Vazvani

Partner:

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Institutional Investor Preferences and Performance in Different Interest Rate Environments

Pension funds and insurance companies generally have prior commitments with fixed terms. As a result, these institutional investors might need to alter their investment strategies drastically with low interest rates, which will in turn affect the performances of their portfolios. In this research project, we plan to study the effect of interest rates on the strategies and performances of pension funds and insurance companies. We will achieve this using state-of-the-art econometric methodologies such as regression models with time varying coefficients and TOBIT models. This project will allow us to understand how, why and when these institutional investors change their investment strategies as a function of changing interest rates and the effect of these changes on their portfolios. We expect this research project will allow us to devise better investment strategies for different interest rate environments, which is definitely of interest to our partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tolga Cenesizoglu

Student:

Farid Radmehr

Partner:

HR Strategies

Discipline:

Finance

Sector:

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Coupling of DTI Imaging and Focused Ultrasound: Assessment of Targeting Accuracy and Effect of Treatment

As a novel solution for the treatment of common paediatric neurological diseases, this project aligns with goals of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation of promoting surgical innovation and improving patient care. Philips Healthcare Canada has a proven track record of research and development in the healthcare industry and is able to provide research facilities and expert supervision in diffusion MR imaging and focused ultrasound treatment. The goal of this project is to develop a software toolbox and treatment protocol for use with Philips MRI and FUS systems. The clinical application and demand for a new treatment of this kind is extraordinary. It will boost the market and value of Philips hardware worldwide as surgical facilities search for innovative and superior treatments for their patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mojgan Hodaie

Student:

Matthew Walker

Partner:

Philips Healthcare

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

A learning mobile application dedicated to provide education to children in developing countries

This research project with the industry partner DataWind inc. is an interdisciplinary project that joins together Education, Learning system engineering, and Human-machine interactions. The challenge is to combine these four disciplines contributions in order to create a learning system for mobile devices that will be adapted to the individual self-learning, particularly for children in developing countries. Therefore, this project will focus on three main objectives: (i) specify the instructional design of learning scenarios and activities using games on tablet for children in developing countries; (ii) the design of a serious game architecture for support the identified learning content; (iii) the design of children-tablet interactions to support the learning scenarios identified previously. Through this project Datawind inc. will be able to introduce a first learning application for its line of tablets that will place the company in position of leaders on the market and will have also good impacts on the education of children in developing countries, where there tablets are marketed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Hotte, Emmanuel Duplàa, Mickaël Gardoni

Student:

Emmanuel O. Taiwo, Isabelle Aubuchon, Colombiano Kedowide, Ramzi Gannouni, Saad Abdessettar

Partner:

Datawind

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

TÉLUQ

Program:

Accelerate

The health impacts of residential eviction among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Over the past decade, there has been a steady rise in homelessness in Canadian cities due in large part to loss of low-income housing stock in inner-city neighbourhoods undergoing redevelopment. People who use drugs (PWUD) disproportionately face eviction from buildings targeted for renovation and demolition and also face significant barriers in subsequently obtaining affordable housing. While the devastating health impacts of homelessness among PWUD are well documented, little is known about the role of eviction stemming from urban redevelopment as a unique mechanism influencing health. This study will utilize innovative statistical, qualitative and geospatial methods to longitudinally examine the impact of evictions on health outcomes, including drug-related harms (e.g., overdose) and healthcare access and adherence (e.g., HIV treatment), among PWUD in Vancouver, BC. The research findings will inform knowledge translation strategies to promote the uptake of evidence-based policy recommendations and equip PWUD with legal tools to protect their rights.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Kerr

Student:

Mary Clare Kennedy

Partner:

Pivot Legal Society

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Program:

Accelerate

A lean model for improving predictive maintenance performance

Now a days maintenance has turned into a management-related field, and is capable of being a support for benefit(Cost reduction ).Several fundamental questions are arising including the identification of the most appropriate performance metrics in predictive maintenance and the recognition of relationship between this metrics and lean definition in order to have a better maintenance performance. It could also be asked how a better understanding of these performance measures will contribute to improve the quality of managerial decisions. Hence, this research aims to identify lean key performance metrics and develop a structured model to quantify the performance improvement in a predictive maintenance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvan Beauregard

Student:

Mahdi Mohammadi Tehrani

Partner:

Matricis Informatique Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

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